![]() ![]() You can however have some degree of OTA management on shared Configurator devices by enrolling your Configurator cart of iPads to the MDM and deploying configuration profiles OTA. Note that if you are using DEP to supervise and manage your devices, you can't use Configurator too (you must supervise by either your MDM or Configurator, not both). We use Apple Configurator to set up our shared carts while using our MDM to set up our one-to-one devices via DEP. In our environment of 2,500+ iPads, we manage both carts of iPads for some schools as well as one-to-one devices using a 3rd party MDM. So think MDM for one-to-one, Configurator for shared. So when devices are not assigned to a specific user, Apple Configurator will be the tool to use. You can deploy apps using Configurator without requiring an Apple ID on each device (Apple Configurator uses a single Apple ID to deploy apps to the cart of iPads). With Profile Manager, you can set up various configuration profiles to customize your fleet of iPads wirelessly.Īpple Configurator is Apple's supported tool for a shared deployment model (like for a school cart of iPads being used by various students). You will find that using DEP with Profile Manager or another MDM is very useful for one-to-one deployment scenarios, especially when taking advantage of Apple's Volume Purchase Plan's Managed Distribution licenses (aka VPP MD) for app deployment. You can "supervise" iPads OTA with an MDM if the device is enrolled in Apple's Device Enrollment Program (aka DEP).you no longer need Configurator to "supervise" them. Profile Manager (and other MDMs) allow for over the air management of iPads. It seems as though Profile Manager offers this feature, but since that is the case, I can't understand why Apple Configurator does not! And why anyone would continue using Apple Configurator if it has a reduced feature set compared to Profile Manager!Ĭlarification and a definitive answer would be very much appreciated! We are about to double the number of iPads we have to 60+ and I want to be sure we are using the best/most appropriate solution.īeing able to manage the devices via wi-fi (without introducing a third party product if possible) would be great, we currently have to plug them in via USB. We are currently using Apple Configurator to "Supervise" the ipads. I am managing a growing set of shared iPads (we do not have a 1:1 arrangement) at a primary school. = Will Profile Manager eventually replace Apple Configurator (since it seems a more complete solution - also managing Macs)? = Are there specific use-case scenarios for each product? = Why does Apple maintain two different products that seem to to serve the same purpose: Apple Configurator and Profile Manager? I do realise that a couple of similar questions have already been posted and I've also done a reasonable amount of research online, but the answer to the following questions are still not clear to me: ![]()
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